Research proposal writer

Question 1:( 30 MARKS)

Identify a Project/Program being implemented or have already been implemented under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Uganda and do the following:

1. Research and carefully document its: Goal, Objectives/ Outcomes, Strategies, Key Activities and appropriate timelines.
2. Prepare a Project Schedule for its implementation.

• Use the above schedule to write a Project Gantt Chart and a Network diagram

(30 Marks)

Umeme

Umeme Limited is the main electricity distribution company in Uganda. Umeme entered a 20-year concession arrangement with the Government of Uganda effective March 1, 2005 to run the country’s distribution network using assets of the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited.

The concession came after reforms in the electricity sector that led to the disbandment of Uganda Electricity Board. Umeme was licensed to distribute and supply electricity to customers, under the regulation of Electricity Regulatory Authority.

Umeme’s agreement with GoU provides for termination of the agreement by either party with a buy-out amount payable to it in such a scenario. By the end of 2015 the buy-out amount had risen from $249.5m the previous year to $315.7m, according to the company’s financial report, inclusive of $152.7m in investments that were yet to be approved by the Electricity Regulatory Authority.

Goals of Umeme

• Supply electricity within 1.0 km beyond existing grid.
• 60,000 new connections in the first fiven
• 25,000 new connections per year thereaftern.
• Quality of supply and customer servicen standards

Objectives/ Outcomes

• System losses reduced to 27%
• Revenue collection at 98%
• Accounts receivable at 1 month
• Umeme servicing debts that it took over during concession
• Access to power > 10% of population

Strategies

Since 2005, Umeme has added more than 100,000 new customers and is currently connecting over 50,000 new customers every year.

The company has connected over 30 rural electrification schemes to the Umeme grid, and is working to help the government meet its goal to have more than 30% of the population connected by 2030.

By implementing a new billing system and improving the network’s performance, Umeme has reduced energy losses from 38% in 2005 to 30% in 2010, leading to a long-term reduction in power sector costs.

Umeme has demonstrated its commitment to having a positive impact on the community it serves through a number of projects.

At the most basic level, since Actis’s investment, all workers now use Personal Protective Equipment, and over 90,000 sub-standard poles have been replaced. Previously unsafe sub-stations are now boxed in, and traditionally uninsulated overhead conductors are being replaced by much safer aerial bundle conductors.

Umeme safety experts continue to visit schools throughout Uganda to educate children and youth on electrical safety. When poles and live wires do fall down, members of the public are now quick to call the 24-hour emergency toll-free number.

While previously it could have taken half a day before the area around the pole was made safe, response times have been drastically reduced; as of 2010 the response time was less than 30 minutes.

Key Activities and appropriate timelines

With support from Actis, Umeme has connected more than 120,000 Ugandans and 30 rural electrification schemes to its electrical grid.

Umeme has worked hard to bring down its contribution to the electricity tariff: Umeme currently makes up less than 30% of the total end-user tariff.

Actis, through Umeme, has invested over US$100 million in Uganda’s electricity distribution infrastructure for network improvements since 2005.

1. i) Prepare a Project Schedule for its implementation.

PROJECT SCHEDULE

GHANT CHART FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UMEME PROJECT

NETWORK DIAGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UMEME PROJECT